Leonie Cornelius is a Garden Designer and Interior Architect. Her shows ‘Gardens for Dubarry of Ireland’, ‘The Leitrim Development Company’ and ‘Super Garden’ have won many medals, including two gold.

Leonie’s Blume Design House brings the highest quality of design both Inside and out, striving to create extraordinary design for the client.

Leonie has worked as the Garden Design Expert on the RTE Today show and currently acts as Judge on the RTE Supergarden show. This role also sees her work as the Woodies Ambassador. She recently acted as a live reporter for the RTE One Ploughing Live Show.

As a writer, Leonie appears weekly in the Irish Mail on Sunday. She has written for the Irish Independent Weekend Magazine as well as many others.

Leonie’s unique design skills and love of sharing creative ideas make her a wonderful addition to a variety of speaking events and workshops, covering topics such as lifestyle, design and creative thinking as well as gardening.

Leonie is articulate, fun and sincere, making her an engaging and entertaining speaker and workshop coordinator. Below are some examples of what she can offer.

Creative Garden Design Teambuilding
with Leonie Cornelius
A day workshop

Facilitated by broadcaster, garden designer, interior architect and bestselling garden author Leonie Cornelius, this team building workshop is a creative and fun day which aims to bring people together and have them working creatively together to solve design problems.

The award winning designer explores what makes good design within gardens and the interactive course will outline design theory and inspiration.

In an interactive session Leonie will set design briefs for the individual groups and with her help they will find the most functional, creative and fun solutions to design briefs. On the day the team will learn all about what it takes to create really special garden spaces and will then as groups, put their new found skills to the test by asking the teams to Dream Big and create some stunning and unique spaces.

Interactive and informal, this is aimed at enhancing team work and morale and simply having fun as a group. The course will open your mind to the creative and is just as relevant to the design and garden lover as it is to anyone who has no experience in this field.

Beneficial for:Companies who want to raise moral, reward employees, encourage employees to work as a team, get their teams to think creatively and ‘outside the box’

Dream Gardens
with Leonie Cornelius
A 1 hour talk

This exciting talk is a powerful presentation about what it takes to create award winning garden design. The broadcaster Leonie Cornelius who is also a garden designer, interior architect and bestselling garden author, guides us through her design process and shows us how successful spaces come together. From dreaming big for spaces to exploring who you are and what your lifestyle is, all the way to creating a stunning finished garden design, this is a talk packed full of expert knowledge and design inspiration.